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Oceans HMS

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Surface current   current on top, made from wind, moves in circles  
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density current   currents on bottom, made from salt/temperature  
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salinity   amount of salt in the ocean  
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breaker   wave collapsing  
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basin   low areas that filled with ocean water  
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crest   top of wave  
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trough   bottom of wave  
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continental shelf   gradual slope lots of life  
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continental slope   extends from the shelf to the bottom of the floor, big drop  
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abyssal plain   flat seafloor deep  
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mid-ocean ridge   new floor forms here, mountains  
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trench   steep depression at a subduction zone  
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photosynthesis   process where producers make energy from the sun  
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chemosynthesis   process where producers make energy from nitrogen and sulfur  
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plankton   marine organisms that drift in currents  
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Nekton   animals that can actively swim  
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Benthos   plants and animals living on the bottom of the seafloor  
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